rotund

ro·tund

R0317600 (rō-tŭnd′)adj.1. Rounded in figure; plump. See Synonyms at fat.2. Round or spherical: "a rotund jar of limpid honey" (Aleksandar Hemon).

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[Latin rotundus; see ret- in Indo-European roots.]

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ro·tun′di·ty, ro·tund′ness n.ro·tund′ly adv.

rotund

(rəʊˈtʌnd) adj1. rounded or spherical in shape2. plump3. sonorous or grandiloquent; full in tone, style of speaking, etc[C18: from Latin rotundus wheel-shaped, round, from rota wheel] roˈtundity, roˈtundness n roˈtundly adv

ro•tund

(roʊˈtʌnd)

adj. 1. round in shape; rounded. 2. plump; fat. 3. full-toned or sonorous: rotund phrases. [1695–1705; < Latin rotundus round, circular, derivative of rota wheel; compare round¹] ro•tun′di•ty, ro•tund′ness, n. ro•tund′ly, adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	rotund - spherical in shaperounded - curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders"
	2.	rotund - (of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels"orotund, pear-shaped, roundfull - (of sound) having marked deepness and body; "full tones"; "a full voice"
	3.	rotund - excessively fat; "a weighty man" corpulent, obese, weightyfat - having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was"

rotund

adjective1. plump, rounded, heavy, fat, stout, chubby, obese, fleshy, tubby, portly, roly-poly, podgy, corpulent A rotund gentleman appeared.
plump thin, lean, slight, slim, slender, skinny, angular, gaunt, lanky, scrawny, lank2. pompous, grandiloquent, orotund, magniloquent, full writing rotund passages of purple prose3. round, rounded, spherical, bulbous, globular, orbicular rotund towers, moats and drawbridges4. sonorous, round, deep, rich, mellow, resonant, orotund, reverberant the wonderfully rotund tones of the presenter

rotund

adjective1. Well-rounded and full in form:chubby, plump, plumpish, pudgy, roly-poly, round, tubby, zaftig.2. Having or producing a full, deep, or rich sound:mellow, orotund, plangent, resonant, resounding, ringing, round, sonorous, vibrant.

Translations

rotondopaffuto